Railroad-crossing



A. DINGER.

RAILROAD CROSSING. APPLICATION FILED mus. I918.

Patented Mar; 15, 1921.

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A. DINGER. RAILROAD CROSSING. APPLICATION FILED mmz, 1918.

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DINGER AND ONE-HALF TO HAIRY W. DINGER, BOTH OF UPLAND, CALL' FORNIA.

RAILROAD-CROSSING.

Appficationfrled January 26, 1918. Serial No. 213,922.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, Answer D1Ncnn,a citizen of the United States,residing at Upland, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad crossings, and the primary object of the invention s to providea simple and efii'cient type of railroad cross-' ing, that reduces the noise and ar, incl-- dental to a car making the crossing, to a minimum. Y 1

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a railroad crossing of thischaracter, which is provided with guard rails, conse quently increasing the safety otthe type of H the advantage before set forth. j

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, an'l one which will be very efiicient in operation.

lVith these and numerous objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement oi parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure-1 is a top plan of the improved crossing,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan thereof,

Fig. 3 is a disassembled detail in perspective showing the relation of the guide rails and dog, and

Fig. a is a fragmentary cross section there through.

In describing my invention, 1 shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

This railroad crossing comprises a suitable supporting plate 1 upon which are mounted corner rails 1, which have their free ends connected with the main tracks, at the point of intersection of the main track rails, said rails being provided with tour relatively stationary and short crossing rails which are designated by the numeral 2, which are positioned to aline with thecorner secured at S rails to cross eachother and rails, ings. T The end sectionsot are cut away as shown at 3 be hereinafter more fully-described.

This crossing is provided with sets of guard rails, designated generally by the numeral 4., each guard rail extending parallel with alining portions of the corner rails and the crossing rails disposed therebetween, and the ends of theguardrail are bentlaterally as shown at 5, fora purpose which is well known in devices of this character.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

as clearly shown in Fig. .1 of the drawthe short rails 2' for apurpose to ATENT orr cE.

he guard rail 1 is yieldably connected with theadjacent portions of-the corner rails, and

crossing rails, by a transversely disposed bolt,

6, upon which the same is slidab'ly mounted. The ends of the bolt carry coil springs 7, so

that when the guard rails are forced from' heir normal position adjacent the aforementioned rails, they will be under spring pressure, and consequently upon the wheel flange pressure being released, will spring back to their normal posi shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing. I Adjacent the sides of'the rail corners are pivoted plates 8, which are eight in number, being positioned as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, their outer ends having formed thereon upstanding portions 10 having one side 11 curved arcuately to form a sliding joint cooperatively engaging with the curved end portions 3 of the crossing rails 2. When the position, these portions cooperatively related with the ends of the crossing rails, and form a continuation of the same. Each of the plates 8 is pivotally to the plate 1 and is connected with the adjacent end portion of the contiguous guard rail by that projects from the web of said guard rail, and is loosely connected with the plate as shown at 13. The guard rails which cross each other, are provided with cut-away portions' with projecting plates 14L having 00- operating inclined edges as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and two of said guard rails are cutaway on their under sides, as suggested at 4: in Fig. 3, to permit the have limited relative movement.

As has been stated, the

lie against the corner rails,

and cross rails, but they are yieldably held tion, as clearly device is in normal of the plates will be- 7 I and the end of the ring joint. This movement is the other-pair of guard-rails disposed to the connection with th ings, the advantages against the same, so that upon outward pressure, they are adapted to move laterally.

pon a car passing over the crossing, the parallel rows ofguard rails will be moved laterally toward each other by the wheel flanges moving in between the corner rails, guard rails. This lateral movement will be against the spring pressureas has been fully the overlapping jointformedI by the up standing portion on the pivoted plates 8, and the ends of the transverse crossing rails, will permit this movement of the rail, as the portion on the plate will slide out: wardly, said movement being directed by the cooperative arcuate faces of this slidtransmitted through the connection between the guard rails andthe' plates and hence the upstanding portions of the undisturbed plates 8 and transversely, 1 being positioned against the; other portions of the corner railsformacontinuous tread portion for the car wheels. ,As soon over the crossing, the springs will return the uard rail to normal position.

ear plates 14 are preferably attached guard rails l inwardly of the recesses 14: therein.

From the foregoing description, taken in e accompanying draw of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which described, and also that are then.

as the wheels pass projecting the invention described the principle of the operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereo I desire to have it understood that this device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired, as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto. aving fully described my invention, what I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: a V

vIn combination with a street crossing, a supporting plate, corner rails supported on said plate, ,yieldably positioned crossing rails havingcurved end portions, and yieldablyr connected, U-shaped guard rails c0- operating therewith and with said corner rails, angular plates having free, arcuate extensions, pivoted to the supporting frame and adjacent the, guard rails, cooperating with the curvedend portions of the crossing rails, each of said arcuate extensions interfitting'in a slot in thesaid guard rails, rigid connecting studs having angular slots from said guard rails and loosely connected to said angular plates,, and wear plates riveted to said guard rails in proximity to said slot in the guardrail and overying the free extremities of said arcuate extensions. j

In testimony'whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

d AUGUST DINGER.

appertains, and while I have 

